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-\section{Introduction}
-\label{intro}
-
-The modules in this manual are available on the Apple Macintosh only.
-
-Aside from the modules described here there are also interfaces to
-various MacOS toolboxes, which are currently not extensively
-described. The toolboxes for which modules exist are:
-\module{AE} (Apple Events),
-\module{Cm} (Component Manager),
-\module{Ctl} (Control Manager),
-\module{Dlg} (Dialog Manager),
-\module{Evt} (Event Manager),
-\module{Fm} (Font Manager),
-\module{List} (List Manager),
-\module{Menu} (Moenu Manager),
-\module{Qd} (QuickDraw),
-\module{Qt} (QuickTime),
-\module{Res} (Resource Manager and Handles),
-\module{Scrap} (Scrap Manager),
-\module{Snd} (Sound Manager),
-\module{TE} (TextEdit),
-\module{Waste} (non-Apple \program{TextEdit} replacement) and
-\module{Win} (Window Manager).
-
-If applicable the module will define a number of Python objects for
-the various structures declared by the toolbox, and operations will be
-implemented as methods of the object. Other operations will be
-implemented as functions in the module. Not all operations possible in
-\C{} will also be possible in Python (callbacks are often a problem), and
-parameters will occasionally be different in Python (input and output
-buffers, especially). All methods and functions have a \code{__doc__}
-string describing their arguments and return values, and for
-additional description you are referred to \emph{Inside Macintosh} or
-similar works.
-
-The following modules are documented here:
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[mac]
---- Similar interfaces to the \module{posix} module.
-
-\item[macpath]
---- Path manipulation functions; use via \code{os.path}.
-
-\item[ctb]
---- Interfaces to the Communications Tool Box. Only the Connection
-Manager is currently supported.
-
-\item[macconsole]
---- Think C's console package is available using this module.
-
-\item[macdnr]
---- Interfaces to the Macintosh Domain Name Resolver.
-
-\item[macfs]
---- Support for FSSpec, the Alias Manager, \program{finder} aliases,
-and the Standard File package.
-
-\item[macic]
---- Internet Config.
-
-\item[MacOS]
---- Access to MacOS specific interpreter features.
-
-\item[macostools]
---- Convenience routines for file manipulation.
-
-\item[findertools]
---- Wrappers around the \program{finder}'s Apple Events interface.
-
-\item[mactcp]
---- The MacTCP interfaces.
-
-\item[macspeech]
---- Interface to the Macintosh Speech Manager.
-
-\item[EasyDialogs]
---- Basic Macintosh dialogs.
-
-\item[FrameWork]
---- Interactive application framework.
-
-\item[MiniAEFrame]
---- Support to act as an Open Scripting Architecture (OSA) server
-(``Apple Events'').
-
-\end{description}
-
-
-\section{Built-in Module \module{mac}}
-\label{module-mac}
-\bimodindex{mac}
-
-This module provides a subset of the operating system dependent
-functionality provided by the optional built-in module \module{posix}.
-It is best accessed through the more portable standard module
-\module{os}.
-\refbimodindex{posix}
-\refstmodindex{os}
-
-The following functions are available in this module:
-\function{chdir()},
-\function{close()},
-\function{dup()},
-\function{fdopen()},
-\function{getcwd()},
-\function{lseek()},
-\function{listdir()},
-\function{mkdir()},
-\function{open()},
-\function{read()},
-\function{rename()},
-\function{rmdir()},
-\function{stat()},
-\function{sync()},
-\function{unlink()},
-\function{write()},
-as well as the exception \exception{error}. Note that the times
-returned by \function{stat()} are floating-point values, like all time
-values in MacPython.
-
-One additional function is available: \function{xstat()}. This function
-returns the same information as \function{stat()}, but with three extra
-values appended: the size of the resource fork of the file and its
-4-character creator and type.
-
-\section{Standard Module \module{macpath}}
-\label{module-macpath}
-\stmodindex{macpath}
-
-This module provides a subset of the pathname manipulation functions
-available from the optional standard module \module{posixpath}. It is
-best accessed through the more portable standard module \module{os}, as
-\code{os.path}.
-\refstmodindex{posixpath}
-\refstmodindex{os}
-
-The following functions are available in this module:
-\function{normcase()},
-\function{normpath()},
-\function{isabs()},
-\function{join()},
-\function{split()},
-\function{isdir()},
-\function{isfile()},
-\function{walk()},
-\function{exists()}.
-For other functions available in \module{posixpath} dummy counterparts
-are available.